The present paper shows the aims of a group of people who set up an oil-milling cooperative society. These aims will be the basis for developing the organization and will determine its future actions in the market. This work attempts to identify the process by which the members’ aims are...

This paper addresses the recent European Social Fund (ESF) reform and the possible consequences for Social Economy. The reform was adopted in 1999 and applies to the period from 2000 to 2006. After a brief overview of the European Social Fund since it was created in 1957, the main features to...

This essay addresses the effects of journalism on politics, democracy and cultural production in Colombia during the past decade. The first part describes the characteristics of journalism and strategies used by mass media to increase market participation, as well as journalism’s influence in...